When we talk about important players,we generally think of the famous strikers and mid-fielders who take away all the glamour by scoring goals and we forget the importance of goalkeepers who are one of the most important mem bers of their teams . A team cannot succeed without having a class Goalkeeper no matter how good their defence is .At the end of the day ,its up to the goalkeeper to save goals for his team and we get to know their importance only when they save penalties .

So let us get an overview of some of the important goalkeepers who are playing in this edition of EURO 2008 :-


Edwin van der Sar (Netherland)

Edwin van der Sar has an important contribution in the success of the Manchester United and has been an inportant member of the team since he has joined the club . He is the most experienced player of Netherland ever with 125 caps and hence carries a huge amount of experience with him .That also puts him in the top sixty most capped players of all time. As captain of the Netherlands, he broke Frank de Boer's record in the 2006 World Cup second round match against Portugal . Holland success depends very much on Van der sar and everybody know that he is very much talented to prove his class (that also for probably the last time in his international career )







Gianluigi Buffon(Italy) :
Strikers consider Buffon as the most annoying
thing in football as his saves have always helped
Italy win many matches .Another goalkeeper captain , Buffon is an Italian FIFA World Cup-winning goalkeeper who currently plays for Italian Serie A club Juventus F.C. . He and Peter Schmeichel share the number-one spot on the IFFHS' list of the world's best goalkeepers of the past twenty years, which was released on January 15, 2008.Buffon received captaincy of the national team for their Euro 2008 campaign due to Cannavaro being ruled out, because of an ankle injury that may require surgical treatment.


Iker Casillas(Spain):
Iker Casillas is currently the first choice goalkeeper for Real Madrid and the Spanish national team. He is the captain of the Spanish national team, as well as one of the vice-captains of Real Madrid. Casillas is currently the second-most capped goalkeeper in the history of the Spanish national team, behind Andoni Zubizarreta, who appeared in 126 matches for Spain during his career,but is expected to beat his record as he is just 27 now .